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"Why are things moving so slowly?". That inevitable question everybody Product Manager has to hear. Over and over again.Join 11K subscribers who want to escape the noise of Product Management and AI slop whenever my human inspiration strikes.There must be

Story Points are usually incredibly distracting for three reasons:1) People still don't know what a Story Point means. Complexity? Risk? Uncertainty? Effort? Or a sneaky cocktail of all of the above? Even if you do, others might not know. This results in

I'm still shaking from what I experienced yesterday.I saw someone writing an email at the office.No Claude, No ChatGPT and no Gemini. They were just straight up rawdogging it on their keyboard like an absolute maniac.You can't imagine the horror when it t

In part I, we showed we explored how both too few choices (overconstraining) and too many choices (underconstraining) are problematic.In this part, we will explore together why companies frequently (unintentionally) screw up their constraints and what we

Imagine you (yes, you!) are a bee just like this one:Picture of a Bumble Bee by meYour bee hive needs a new place to live. If you don't find one within a few days the whole colony will perish. Pressure, I know.Join 11K subscribers to escape the noise of P

Autonomy is one of the most misunderstood concepts in Agile and Product Management circles. Many people believe giving people more autonomy is a sure-fire recipe for success. Autonomy sometimes even gets conflated with 'Empowered Teams'.We're fooling ours

AI results in the erosion of Trust. The best way of explaining this is by talking about a bird everyone knows: the Peacock.Join 11K subscribers to escape the noise of Product Management with a weekly dose of clarity. Digging the content? Let's talk Produc

If you're making your resume right now or you're interviewing, then the most important thing to keep in mind is this: Your experience is irrelevant. Nobody cares about your experience. This may sound extremely harsh, but it's the truth. The sooner you rea

In part I we explored what kind of organizations won't benefit from AI. Join 11K subscribers to escape the noise of Product Management with a weekly dose of clarity. Digging the content? Let's talk Product. I'm available for Fractional Product Management,

FOMO.That's how I would describe the current age of AI: everybody has Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) and jumps at any opportunity to use AI. Even when it makes no sense at all to use AI.Thanks for reading Maarten's Newsletter! Subscribe for free to receive ne